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TOXICITY
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== CREDITS / DISCLAIMER                                          ==
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TRANSCRIBED BY: Jeff Carroll (jeff@dadadiscography.net)

DISCLAIMER:     This file is the author's own work and represents
their interpretation of the song. You may only use
this file for private study, scholarship, or
research

PLEASE NOTE:    A fixed-width font is required to view the
alignment in this tab properly;

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== TECHNICAL STUFF                                               ==
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ARTIST: Joie Calio

This is actually a cover song, originally written by
Malakian/Tankian/Odadjian/Doimayan and performed by 
System Of A Down from their 2001 "Toxicity" album. The 
song is published by Sony/ATV Tunes LLC / Ddevil 
Music (ASCAP).

TUNING: Standard (Low to High: E A D G B E)

CAPO:   None

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== INTRODUCTORY NOTES                                            ==
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The chords listed above the lyrics in the file below are meant to 
be guides only. Yes, they are more or less the chord structure
underneath the song, but Joie is not just playing these chords as
the rhythm. The rhythm consists of finger picking little 
"mini-riffs" in and around the basic chords. You really have to 
just listen to the song to see what I mean. Just add little notes
to the chords here and there. Which means at times the Dmaj7 chord
can actually be a D major, the Gmaj7 chord ends up being a G6
(usually at the end of most lines) by playing the top string open,
and the Em7 is many times just plain old Em. Of course, these are
simplified examples. Tabbing out every little picked phrase would 
take forever, so it's up to you to hear what I'm talking about and 
add the appropriate notes. It's mostly all improvisation type 
stuff, so really you can play whatever you want within the general
framework below. In the next section (chord guide) I've included 
the main chords that make up the song (in their various forms) and
also some of the incidental chord forms that end up being played 
if you add the little mini-riff notes. Hopefully that should help
a little bit more. I always make this stuff sound far more 
complicated than it really is. This song is really simple to 
play, so go for it.

I may as well also note that while this song is tuned to standard
pitch, all of Joie's other songs are not. So if you're tuned down
to Eb already, just slap a capo on fret 1, play these chords
relative to that, and you'll be in the proper pitch for this one 
odd song in Joie's repertoire.

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== CHORD GUIDE                                                   ==
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xx0222   3x0002   3x0032   022030   022000   x02220   x02230
Dmaj7    Gmaj7    Gmaj7    Em7      Em       A        Asus4

3x0000   3x0030   xx0232
G6       G6       D

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== TABLATURE GUIDE                                               ==
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Here are some of the commonly used notations in ASCII tab:

h = hammer-on        / = slide up           <#> = harmonic
p = pull-off         \ = slide down         (#) = optional
b = bend string      x = percussive damp     ^  = slight bend
r = release bend     v = vibrato

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== SONG SECTION                                                  ==
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INTRO

Dmaj7

Dmaj7            Gmaj7   Em7
Doo doo doo doo doo

Dmaj7            Gmaj7   Em7
Doo doo doo doo doo

Dmaj7            Gmaj7   Em7
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo

Dmaj7            Gmaj7   Em7
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo


VERSE + CHORUS 1

Dmaj7           Gmaj7   Em7     Dmaj7   Gmaj7   Em7
Conversion software,   version 7.0

Dmaj7                        Gmaj7   Em7     Dmaj7   Gmaj7   Em7
Looking at life through the eyes       of a tire hub

Dmaj7              Gmaj7   Em7      Dmaj7   Gmaj7   Em7
Eating seeds as a pasttime       activity, yeah

Dmaj7            Gmaj7   Em7        Dmaj7        Gmaj7  Em7
Toxicity of our city,       of our ci  -  i  -  i  -  ity

A                         A
Oh now, what do you own, the world?

Gmaj7        Em7
How do you own disorder, disorder?

A                A                Gmaj7
Now, somewhere between the sacred silence

Em7             Dmaj7   Gmaj7   Em7
Sacred silence and the sleep

Dmaj7            Gmaj7   Em7
Doo doo doo doo doo

Dmaj7            Gmaj7   Em7
Doo doo doo doo doo

Dmaj7            Gmaj7   Em7
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo

Gmaj7    Em7
Doo doo doo


VERSE + CHORUS 2

Dmaj7              Gmaj7   Em7       Dmaj7  Gmaj7   Em7
More wood for the fires,     loud neighbors

Dmaj7                Gmaj7         Em7        Dmaj7    Gmaj7   Em7
Flashlight reveries caught in the headlights of a truck

Dmaj7              Gmaj7   Em7      Dmaj7        Gmaj7   Em7
Eating seeds as a pasttime      activity, yeah, yeah

Dmaj7            Gmaj7   Em7       Dmaj7       Gmaj7  Em7
Toxicity of our city,      of our ci  -  i  -  i  -  ity

A                         A
Oh now, what do you own, the world?

Gmaj7        Em7
How do you own disorder, disorder?

A                A                Gmaj7
Now, somewhere between the sacred silence

Em7             Dmaj7     Gmaj7   Em7
Sacred silence and the sleep

Dmaj7     Gmaj7   Em7
And the sleep

Dmaj7     Gmaj7   Em7
And the sleep

Dmaj7     Gmaj7   Em7
And the sleep


OUTRO

Dmaj7            Gmaj7   Em7
Doo doo doo doo doo

Dmaj7            Gmaj7   Em7
Doo doo doo doo doo

Dmaj7            Gmaj7   Em7
Doo doo doo doo doo

Dmaj7            Gmaj7   Em7
Doo doo doo doo doo

Dmaj7     Gmaj7   Em7        Dmaj7     Gmaj7   Em7

Dmaj7     Gmaj7   Em7        Dmaj7     Gmaj7   Em7

Dmaj7     Gmaj7   Em7        Dmaj7     Gmaj7   Em7

Dmaj7     Gmaj7   Em7        Dmaj7     Gmaj7   Em7

Dmaj7
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